Method and system for noise notification

US6686839B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

• Paul Bao-Luo Chou · Montvale, US
• Marco Gruteser · Princeton, US
• Jennifer Lai · Garrison, US
• Anthony T. Levas · Yorktown Heights, US
• Paul A. Moskowitz · Yorktown Heights, US
• Danny Wong · Allendale, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 4, 2001
• Grant date: Feb 3, 2004
• Expiry date: Sep 25, 2021

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G08B13/1672
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A system (and method) includes a sound monitoring system, a detector for identifying a source of the sound, a computing system for processing the sound to trigger a notification event, and a user interface system for notifying at least one individual responsible for the sound.